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from Nigel Smith (nlandgl@unite.com.au)
Sounds like I'm one or two outings in front of you Todd. I generally wander around taking my "rocks and trees", occasionly sneaking a pic of a human! Couple of times I've wanted to ask someone if I could take their pic but haven't worked up the courage. The other day I was taking some pics of a 'park' bench (actually by the sea) with camera sitting on tripod, cable release in hand, etc and someone sat on another bench nearby. I had taken a couple of shots and could tell she was watching me so the next time I went and rearranged my scene (I had a novel I was using as a prop) I asked her if she could pretend to read my book for me. She agreed and we had a nice chat about cameras (Her Husband had a Voigtlander and son a new SLR). Her family wandered back from the pier and she wandered off with a wave. Another couple wandered by and asked what I was doing. Getting bold I said "waiting for interesting people to sit on the seat to take a picture of" The lady replied "Well I'm interesting" and sat down ready to be photographed! hehe! Don't know if I'm any closer to actually taking 'in their face' pics though cause later I saw a girl with very unusual and eye catching tattoo's sitting feeding seagulls but I didn't get the courage to ask to take some pics.
(posted 8100 days ago)

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